Both Uses of
impetuous
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In spite of his usual command over himself, Dantes could not restrain his impetuosity.
Chpt 23-24 *impetuosity = impulsiveness (acting suddenly without much thought)
- Teresa alone ruled by a look, a word, a gesture, this impetuous character, which yielded beneath the hand of a woman, and which beneath the hand of a man might have broken, but could never have been bended.†
Chpt 33-34
Definition:
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(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence